LB Palaie Gaoteote (Official Thread)

[Mike80]

I'm just going to call him Goat and hope he plays up to it. Hell I can barely pronounce my own name....

 

[Oh8ch]

I'm just going to call him Goat and hope he plays up to it. Hell I can barely pronounce my own name....

Pronounced "Noat".

 

[bukIpower]

Pronounced "Noat".

Is the N silent because that makes no sense.

 

[gmen6981]

Is the N silent because that makes no sense.

Actually it does since the "G" in his name is pronounced as an "N".

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Actually it does since the "G" in his name is pronounced as an "N".

White folks are notorious for messing up Polynesian name pronunciations.

 

[gmen6981]

White folks are notorious for messing up Polynesian name pronunciations.

Couldn't agree more. I've been pronouncing it wrong all along and have been practicing the correct pronunciation. At least J.T. Tuimoloau's name is pronounced somewhat similar to how it's spelled. Not so for PG.

 

[bukIpower]

White folks are notorious for messing up Polynesian name pronunciations.

I actually did know that... in this case it would then be OAT which again is weird.

 

[gmen6981]

Coach Day just said in a quick interview that "we will see him out there today".

 

[bukIpower]

Coach Day just said in a quick interview that "we will see him out there today".

Me thinks he's maybe one of our best.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Well, at least we're not Bama Fan, and think he doesn't speak English.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Pookin pa nub!

I don’t know how well it’s aged, but some of this was, at the time, some of the funniest stuff that had ever been on television

 

[ScriptOhio]

According to 11W he was in on 4 plays vs Oregon.

Gaoteote’s playing time came in as a situational capacity, as he was brought in to play Sam linebacker on select third-down plays.

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...yers-on-defense-in-second-game-loss-to-oregon

 

[Bestbuck36]

Seems like that many in the 4th quarter alone

 

[bucknut502]

IIRC two of the four plays were TD’s.

 

[bukIpower]

IIRC two of the four plays were TD’s.

On the bright side... half of his plays they didnt score?